The Year in Gardening

Diseases		Pests and Pesticides
Firewood	83	Aphids	33
Leaf Spot	78	Bees	22
		Billbugs	32
Flowers		Black turfgrass ataenius	32
Bedding plants 2004	19	Crabgrass preventers	11
Bringing plants indoors for winter	65	Green June beetles	32
Butterfly gardening	27	Japanese beetles	32
Dianthus	43	Ladybugs	68
Dusty miller	40	Leftover pesticides	80
Early bloomers	14	Masked chafer	32
Evening primrose	40	May/June beetles	32
Flower and bedding award winners 2003	4	Moles	24
Flowering tobacco	40	Pesticide labels	23
Forcing spring bulbs indoors	64	Poison ivy	51
Four o’clock	40	Spraying	35
Fragrance gardening	8	Stem boring insects	31
Heat-tolerant plants	46	Summer insects	49
Hellebores	15	Tent caterpillars	33
Japanese honeysuckle	29	Voles	53
Jasmine	40	Winter weeds	36
Moonflower	40
Moon gardening	40	Projects, Other
Naming	62	Diagnostic Clinic coordinator	52
Tulipmania	72	Greenhouse gardening	1
Xeriscaping	58	Soilless gardening	1
		What’s in a name?	62
Fruits and Vegetables
Bell peppers	30	Shrubs and Trees
Fire blight	20	American hornbeam	2
Soil testing	12	American hophornbeam	2
Specialty potatoes	17	Bare root trees	7
Wild greens	15	Black gum	2
		Blackhaw	2
Lawn and Turf		Fall color prediction	71
Brown patch of tall fescue	30	Fall maintenance	75
Crabgrass preventer	11	Fragrance gardening	9
Fall fertilization	61	Inkberry	2
Irrigating	37	Leaf spot	78
Lawn mowing safety	44	Pawpaw	2
Lawn renovation	56	Poor appearance	69
Problem solving	21	Possumhaw	2
Turf selection	56	Stem boring insects	31
Soil testing	12, 66	Summer and fall shrub color	55
Voles	53	Tree cavities	48
White grubs	32	Winter witchhazel	2
Xeriscaping	58
Houseplants
Bringing indoors for winter	65
Helping houseplants feel at home	76
Mistletoe	79
Naming	62

Fred Fishel, Extension Pest Management/Pesticide Training Coordinator, UMC (573) 884-6361